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  Impact assessments of changing agricultural trade agreements and tariff barriers between South Africa and European Union

  AgEcon Search, 2008

  Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the European Union (EU) are important trading partners in agricultural supplies. The Trade Development and Co-operation Agreement (TDCA) signed in 1999 paved the way for closer cooperation in trade of especially agricultural produce.
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  South-South cooperation: for shared prosperity and inclusive globalisation

  INSouth, 2008

  This paper details excerpts from the inaugural address by Indian external affairs Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the academic forum of India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA) Partnership for Shared Prosperity and Inclusive Globalisation.
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  How Africa can get more from relations with China

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  China’s emergence is having a big impact on Africa. But the relationship presents challenges as well as opportunities. How can Africa influence Chinese policy in order to benefit more from its relations with this important partner?
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  South Africa and China: the agricultural and fisheries trading relationship

  Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008

  A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world.  This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Africa, which it aims to place in broader perspective of China's global trading relationships.
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  South African quotas on Chinese clothing and textiles: has there been sufficient economic justification?

  Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2007

  South Africa imposed quotas on the importation of selected clothing lines from China to slow the trade flow of imports. This paper answers the question whether those quotas are meeting their goal. To do so, it examines the changes in the trade flows of clothing since the introduction of the quotas.
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  South Africa’s wood export potential using a gravity model approach

  University of Pretoria, 2007

  The South African government has identified the wood sector as one of the priority sectors that need to be promoted and developed in order to accelerate growth and reduce unemployment and poverty. This paper analyses the determinants of exports of wood and articles of wood using a gravity model approach.
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  Protecting sub-Saharan African textiles from Chinese dominance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Clothing and textiles are among the world’s most traded products. Large retailers and branded manufacturers control global production networks in which the demand is for low costs, high quality and rapid turnover. Consequently production is sourced from the lowest cost locations in developing economies.
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  Exploring the links between trade openness and employment in South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Supporters of globalisation argue that it boosts economic growth and creates jobs in poor countries. During the 1990s South Africa became increasingly integrated with the global economy. At the same time unemployment became a big problem. Has increased trade openness caused South Africa’s employment problem?
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  In pursuit of regional citizenship and identity: the free movement of persons in the Southern African development community

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2006

  The migration of persons across international boundaries in search of better opportunities or as a result of war, conflict and political instability has risen substantially.
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  The ability of select Sub-Saharan African Countries to utilise TRIPs flexibilities and competition law to ensure a sustainable supply of essential medicines: a study of producing and importing countries

  Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2006

  This paper examines the implementation of the WTO Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) flexibilities related to access to essential medicines. The report specifically looks at three countries: Kenya, Zambia and South Africa.

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